The goal of the Where the Food Comes From is to tell just that – the story of where our food comes from (and we don’t mean the supermarket… though that’s part of the big picture). But beyond where it comes from, how it gets there and all the links in the chain that make that happen. Forget farm-to-fork, we go laboratory-to-legislature to examine the key elements that make food appear on our plates as if by magic. From researchers creating next generation varieties and combating pestilence to congressmen on Capitol Hill who make the laws that govern our food supply chain, we examine every critical element to fill in the gaps in viewer knowledge.
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Episode 5 • Air Date: Nov 01, 2024They Grow Potato Chips? - Part 1
Every 4th of July, every potato chip you eat comes from here.
Episode 4 • Air Date: Oct 11, 2024Baseball, News, and Chickens?NewsNation's Liz Prann and MLB Star Darren O'Day at their backyard Atlanta farm.
Episode 3 • Air Date: Oct 04, 2024Bye Bye BananasIn less than 10 years, there'll be no more bananas. Unless...
Episode 1 • Air Date: Sep 20, 2024Gouda NuffHead to Wisconsin for a lesson in Dutch cheese mastery.
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Episode 13 • Air Date: Feb 16, 2024Fruit or Vegetable?
You're pretty sure what's a fruit and what's a veggie, right' Not so fast...
Episode 11 • Air Date: Feb 02, 2024There's No Such Thing As The 3-Second RuleIs our food safe? The UGA Food Safety show us.
Episode 9 • Air Date: Jan 19, 2024Simple As Corn - Part 2Meet a 95-year-old Wisconsin corn farmer who has long known what he's doing.
Episode 8 • Air Date: Jan 12, 2024Simple As Corn - Part 1Meet a 12-year-old Wisconsin corn farmer who already knows what he's doing.
Episode 6 • Air Date: Nov 24, 2023A Day Without SunshineFlorida citrus growers fight to survive in a different kind of pandemic.
Episode 4 • Air Date: Oct 27, 2023Clemson BluesChip Carter makes world-famous Clemson blue cheese.
Episode 2 • Air Date: Oct 13, 2023Sunsational!Remember old-school Florida' It's still alive at Sunsational Farms.
Episode 1 • Air Date: Oct 06, 2023Still Farming Like It's 1699A return to visit a farmer and family who do things the way their ancestors did.
Episode 5 • Air Date: Sep 22, 2023Splenda's American DreamAn industry giant brings commercial stevia farming to the U.S. for the first time.
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Episode 13 • Air Date: Jul 07, 2023Cold-Cut Platter? Nope -- It's Charcuterie!
The art started in 14th Century France -- it's everywhere now.
Episode 12 • Air Date: May 12, 2023The Buzz About BeesYour hamburger would be the size of a quarter without a little help from bees.
Episode 11 • Air Date: Apr 28, 2023Why Is There A Seaport In A Show About Farming?Any idea how much food comes in -- and goes out -- through out ports' A lot...
Episode 10 • Air Date: Apr 21, 2023Sweet Vidalia Reboot - Part 2Meet some of the people who grow the world-famous Vidalia onion with tales of tragedy to triumph.
Episode 9 • Air Date: Apr 14, 2023Sweet Vidalia Reboot - Part 1The most famous onion in the world has even more amazing stories to tell.
Episode 8 • Air Date: Apr 07, 2023Eat Your Broccoli!Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, they're all cousins. You won't believe how they grow.
Episode 7 • Air Date: Mar 31, 2023Farming The SeasAs hard as it is to be a dirt farmer, being a professional wild-caught fisherman might be even tougher.
Episode 6 • Air Date: Mar 24, 2023Watermelon Capital of the WorldCordele, GA is known as the Watermelon Capital of the World. We'll show you why.
Episode 5 • Air Date: Mar 17, 2023A Real Family FarmRemember the good ol' days when a farm had a little bit of everything' Meet the Gibbs family.
Episode 4 • Air Date: Mar 10, 2023Round The TableThere are people in every state who aren't farmers -- but farmers couldn't get along without 'em.
Episode 3 • Air Date: Mar 03, 2023Stuckey's: An American Icon RebornStuckey's was once a roadside wonder known to millions. Now with a farm partner, it's on the way back!
Episode 2 • Air Date: Feb 24, 2023Gypsy's Place: The Raleigh Farmers MarketYou never had a biscuit this good as this amazing spot on the North Carolina State Farmers Market, a top 10 attraction.
Episode 1 • Air Date: Feb 17, 2023Where The (Water) Buffalo RoamWe think of water buffalo as exotic animals -- and they are. But we met up with a few for cheese and ice cream!
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Episode 13 • Air Date: Oct 21, 2022Larry's Tree Redux
Pumpkins and Christmas trees are at home in North Carolina's mountains. We'll show you how they grow and get to you.
Episode 12 • Air Date: Oct 14, 2022Heart and Soul - Part 2From volunteer fire departments to local charities to a tour bus that brings food into needy communities, NC sweetpotato growers give back.
Episode 11 • Air Date: Sep 29, 2022Heart and Soul - Part 1North Carolina sweetpotato growers are an essential part of the community -- and they show it every day in every way.
Episode 10 • Air Date: Sep 22, 2022It's Showtime! - Part 2It's showtime! The Southeast Produce Council Southern Exposure extrvanganza gets underway.
Episode 9 • Air Date: Sep 15, 2022It's Showtime! - Part 1A look at what happens when people who grow food by the ton meet up with people who buy it by the ton.
Episode 8 • Air Date: Sep 08, 2022A Sweet CircleYou can only get Vidalia onions 5 months a year (sadly). the solution' An alternate universe!... sort of...
Episode 7 • Air Date: Sep 01, 2022Just PeachyA look at Lane Southern Orchards in Fort Valley, Ga., where agritourism has been prevalent for a long time.
Episode 6 • Air Date: Aug 25, 2022Feed My Sheep - Part 2In part 2 of our very special Where The Food Comes From episodes focusing on farmers and Feeding America, we'll meet some volunteers from the Society of St. Andrew, a remarkable Feeding America partner that actually does the hard work of going out and salvaging unharvested crops from fields – they...
Episode 5 • Air Date: Aug 18, 2022Feed My Sheep - Part 1About 40% of the food farmers grow never makes it to market; thanks to Feeding America, it doesn't go to waste.
Episode 4 • Air Date: Aug 11, 2022Where The Food Came From - Part 2Chip Carter gets behind a mule team and shows us how they farmed back in the day!
Episode 3 • Air Date: Aug 04, 2022Where The Food Came From - Part 1Chip Carter spends a day working on an 1850s farmstead and recreation village.
Episode 2 • Air Date: Jul 28, 2022Farming's New Research JewelNorth Carolina's new $150 million Troxler Ag Science Center sets a new international bar for ag research.
Episode 1 • Air Date: Jul 21, 2022Tomatoes From The CeilingCanada's Red Sun Farms has brought farming indoors to the U.S. This is how we'll be growing food on Mars.
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Episode 13 • Air Date: Apr 14, 2022Sweet Vidalia - Part 2
Vidalia onion farmers share their tragedies and triumphs on the way to building empires.
Episode 12 • Air Date: Apr 07, 2022Sweet Vidalia - Part 150 years ago, no one had even heard of a Vidalia onion--it's the result of maybe the happiest accident in food history.
Episode 11 • Air Date: Mar 31, 2022Eat Your Veggies!This is not Mr. McGregor's garden. We follow veggies from winter in the Everglades to summer further north.
Episode 10 • Air Date: Mar 24, 2022A Little T&LWhere The Food Comes From doesn't much matter if you don't have ways to get it where it needs to be.
Episode 9 • Air Date: Mar 17, 2022Deadline: Florida Citrus - Part 2Farmers come up with ingenious ways to combat the lethal Citrus Greening disease that's already cost billions.
Episode 8 • Air Date: Mar 10, 2022Deadline: Florida Citrus - Part 1A single bug has destroyed half of Florida's citrus groves in just 15 years. Can an industry be saved?
Episode 7 • Air Date: Mar 03, 2022SweetPotato is One Word - Part 2Part 2 of the past and present dominance North Carolina has on the growing of sweetpotatoes in the U.S.
Episode 6 • Air Date: Feb 24, 2022SweetPotato is One Word - Part 1Tobacco built North Carolina farming. But the humble sweetpotato (yes it's one word) is saving it.
Episode 5 • Air Date: Feb 17, 2022Alternative Agriculture - Part 2Farming in the city? In a box? It's a real thing... and possibly heading to a grocery story near you soon.
Episode 4 • Air Date: Feb 10, 2022Alternative Agriculture - Part 1Most of the food we eat is still grown on conventional farms, but other ways are making an impact. Up first we'll meet a firefighter who has turned a mushroom growing hobby into a $200,000 a year business... in his suburban garage. He's been so successful he's just purchased five acres in the...
Episode 3 • Air Date: Feb 03, 2022Nat Bradford: Farming Like It's 1699A South Carolina farmer does it like his ancestors did -- he and his family farm exactly the way his predecessors did 200 years ago, with the exact same seed stock and with the exact same methods on the exact same land. Nat has also dedicated his life to reviving ancient crops on the edge of...
Episode 2 • Air Date: Jan 27, 2022Berries Bust OutFrom tasty snack to superfood, berries have taken over the food world. We spend a day with Florida berry giant Gary Wishnatzki (Wish Farms) and company, and also visit the University of Florida to find out why - and how -- berries have become such a big deal.
Episode 1 • Air Date: Jan 20, 2022Tomato TimeFrom field grown to heirloom to hothouse to custom-engineered. Tomatoes are America's second-favorite vegetable (even though they're technically a fruit, a berry in fact) behind only King Potato. But American growers are under intense pressure from foreign competitors. How will they survive? We'll...
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